{"id":630295,"date":"2026-04-26T18:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630295\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T18:16:08","slug":"tkachuk-kero-schnarr-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630295\/","title":{"rendered":"Tkachuk, Kero, Schnarr \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The offseason has begun earlier than just about everyone in the Ottawa Senators organization had hoped, with the team swept out of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last night. With Ottawa\u2019s loss, focus has shifted to the future of the organization \u2013 and more specifically, the future of the team\u2019s captain and franchise face: Brady Tkachuk<\/a>. Sportsnet\u2019s Alex Adams wrote<\/a> that \u201cnext season could even be a last dance of sorts for this core\u201d of Senators players. More specifically, Tkachuk\u2019s \u201cfuture and the chatter around him will hang over the team until he\u2019s signed to an extension, is traded or walks away from the nation\u2019s capital.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old is now just two years away from unrestricted free agency, putting a definitive time frame on the Senators\u2019 hopes of competing for a Stanley Cup. As much as Tkachuk struggled to make his mark against Carolina, he remains one of Ottawa\u2019s most important players and a uniquely coveted asset across the league. The team isn\u2019t able to sign Tkachuk to an extension just yet, but once that window opens, every day that passes without his signature will likely only heighten the speculation that he could see his future elsewhere, the way his brother, Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>, did before being traded from the Calgary Flames to the Florida Panthers. That\u2019s obviously an outcome the Senators will be desperate to avoid, and their planning for this offseason is likely to reflect a level of aggression designed to quickly strengthen the team to show Tkachuk Ottawa is a place where he can win a Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n

Other notes from around the hockey world:<\/p>\n

Former Dallas Stars and Chicago Blackhawks forward Tanner Kero<\/a> will depart the DEL\u2019s K\u00f6lner Haie and become a free agent, according to a team announcement<\/a>. The 134-game NHL veteran has spent the last two seasons playing in Europe, spending 2024-25 with the SHL\u2019s HV71 and this past year with Cologne. He has been solid at each stop, scoring 22 points in 52 games in the SHL and 29 points in 41 games in Germany. He helped Cologne finish in first place in the DEL\u2019s regular season standings but the club fell to Berlin in six games in the league semifinals.
\n2017 Arizona Coyotes third-round pick Nate Schnarr<\/a> has also decided to depart Cologne and become a free agent after just one year in Germany. The 184-game AHL veteran has spent the last three years playing in Europe, his first two as a top scorer in Finland\u2019s Liiga and this past year as a point-per-game scorer in Germany. He\u2019s proven to be a capable top-six scoring forward in two of Europe\u2019s better leagues, and is likely to receive considerable interest from clubs across the continent this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The offseason has begun earlier than just about everyone in the Ottawa Senators organization had hoped, with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12717,74544,43,235939,44,744,235940,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-630295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-brady-tkachuk","tag-del","tag-headlines","tag-nate-schnarr","tag-news","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-tanner-kero","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}